Improvement in horse-collars



`frame A is formed with a 'convex @wat (tithe.

J. L. VAN WERT, OF TOLLAND, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 98,722, dated January 11, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To `all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, .L L. VAN WERT, of Tolland, Hampdenl county, StateV of Massachusetts, have invented a new Aand improved Horse-Collar; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and clear description'thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the drawingsl Figure I is a perspective view of my improved col- -ar.

Figure II is a detailed cross-sectional view. Figures III and IV are detail views of parts of the same.

My improvedV horse-collar is formed with a metal naine, A, to which the padding is attached, dispensing with haines, as the traces may be attached directly to the frame In the drawings, it is shown, in Fig. II, that the and concave side, the convex side having the padding on it, any suitable metal combining strength and-lightness, steel or malleable iron, preferred.

It is not necessary to continue the frame much `above the shoulder of the horse, as a good 4bearingsurface is all that is necessary in most cases.

The padding is usually stitched'to the edges of the frame, the same being provided with thread-holes for that purpose. It is also provided with screw-holes, a a, so that the necessary rings and hooks may be put on,l in order to adapt the collar to'diii'erent circumstances.

The collar is. connected at the top by a neclcpad, B, which has on its ends, or one end, a T-shaped catch, O, hooks D being formed on the frame for it to hook 1n.

In Fig. III, two views are shown, illustrating the manner in which the parts are locked, part one showing the position in which the catch has to be placed in order -to enter it, and part two showing an end view ofthe hooks, with the catch-at rest in place, and also Y an end view of it in the position shown in part first, Y

the entrance of' the hooks being made narrow at c, and the catch being made broadest at its resting side,

whichnecessitates its being passed in edgewis'e. Once in place, the strain from the neck-pad keeps it properly in position; and, in order to get it out again, the motion has to be reversed, so that a secure fastening is obtained.

The rnethod of fastening the trace is by means of a T-catch on the end of the trace, and a split-cylinder,

-E, rigidly fastened to the collar-frame at the-shoulder,

in front.

This cylinder hasnotches, f j, out in it from the central longitudinal slit g, for the shank of the catch to rest in, the number 0I" these notches comprising a range covering all practicaland useful adjustments, the catch being slid in from the end of the cylinder,

and the shank set in the notch corresponding to the height required to set the trace. A

Other methods of connecting both trace and neckpad may be used with advantage, and I do not coniine myself to any particular methods of constructing the auxiliary parts of the collar.`

" The collar thus .formed is light, strong, and serviceable, and one frame will ontlast many pads. No haines are required, as the traces may be attached and detached in the easiestlnanner.

Now, having described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

n The combination, in a horse-collar, of the padded arched met-al frame A, the T-catches, for fastening the braces, the split cylinder E, having notches ff, and

the hooks D, for attaching the neck-pad, by means of the T-hooks C, the whole constructed substantially as shown. Y

J. L. VAN WERT.

Witnesses:

E. .H. HYDE, M. P. H YDE. 

